Clinical Dietitian — Per Diem with Scholarship Support

CO01 Southern Illinois Hospital Services Inc.; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 61,000 - 95,000; Part time

Job summary

Memorial Hospital of Carbondale is seeking a Dietitian to develop care plans to meet patients’ nutritional needs. The role includes screening patients and providing education to patients, families, and staff, ensuring nutrition therapy is appropriate and updated as needed.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics, with RD licensure or license pending. It is a per diem role with opportunities to improve community nutrition education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics required.
• Registered Dietitian or license pending.

Responsibilities

• Screens patients for determination of nutritional status.
• Recommends supplements, advances diets and provides nutritional support to physicians/staff.
• Consults with inpatients, family, physicians, nurses and staff, as appropriate, to provide nutrition education.
• Assesses and reassesses patients at nutritional risk and makes recommendations for nutrition therapy.
• Develops or orders nutrition education materials for patients, employees and the community.
• Reviews and revises modified diet information provided by Food & Nutrition Services.
• Provides nutritional education to employees, outpatients and community members as needed.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics

Job description

Memorial Hospital of Carbondale is seeking a Dietitian to develop care plans to meet patients’ nutritional needs. The role includes screening patients and providing education to patients, families, and staff, ensuring nutrition therapy is appropriate and updated as needed.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Food and Nutrition or Dietetics, with RD licensure or license pending. It is a per diem role with opportunities to improve community nutrition education.